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2009 Meat Goat Forage Buck Test Results

Fifty-eight goat bucks from 14 farms in 6 different states competed in the 2009 test.  Overall, the bucks gained an average of 0.07 pounds per day of the test; champions gained weight more than twice as fast.

2009 Buck Test winner
Grand Champion and Top Herdsman
by Average Daily Gain
Linda Sparks, Goat Hill Kikos, Porum, Oklahoma,
with Mary Penick, test manager
Reserve Grand Champion

Reserve Grand Champion
Duff & Laura Sandness, Double S Livestock,
Kincaid, Kansas, with Mary Penick, test manager

 

Grand Champion
Breed: Kiko
Average Daily Gain: 0.25 lb.
Owner: Linda Sparks, Goat Hill Kikos, Porum, Oklahoma

Reserve Grand Champion
Breed: Kiko
Average Daily Gain: 0.15 lb.
Owner: Duff & Laura Sandness, Double S Livestock, Kincaid, Kansas

1st Place
Ending Fecal Egg Count

Breed: Kiko
Ending FEC: 50
Owner: Wes Pinneo, B Bar W Kikos, Kincaid, Kansas

Top Herdsman
by Average Daily Gain

Linda Sparks, Goat Hill Kikos, Porum, Oklahoma (average of .15lbs/day)

Top Herdsman
by Fecal Egg Count

Craig Adams, Adams Family Kikos, Litchfield, Illinois (FEC 1400 average)

 

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